HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The Huntsville Police Department announced today it will join other police departments throughout the country in support of the 2013 "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" crackdown on impaired driving. The campaign is organized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and regionally administered by the North Alabama Traffic Safety Office (NATSO).

This year's campaign began on August 17 and continues through September 2, ending after this weekend's Labor Day holiday.

"The mission of the Department's D.U.I. Task Force is to enforce the law and to educate the public on the dangers of drinking and driving,"Huntsville Police's D.U.I. Task Force supervisor, Sergeant Michael Johnson said.

Huntsville's D.U.I. Task Force has ranked as the number one D.U.I. enforcement squad in Alabama for the past 14 years.

The task force will set up high visibility saturation patrols throughout the city of Huntsville. Police said members of the Special Operations Division along with uniformed patrol officers from each precinct will also participate by maintaining traffic enforcement activities at various "hot spot" locations.